Sounds, Voices, and Verbosity on the PAC Mate

Opening the Settings

Press F4 then S to open Settings on the PAC Mate. (hear example)

Sound Settings

Press S to select Sounds and Notifications. Press ENTER. A dialog page will open. Here you can change five sound settings:

1. Volume control. To change the volume, press the UP and DOWN ARROWS in the desired direction. Press TAB to move to the next setting. (hear example)
2. Events, warnings, and system sounds. A sound may be set by checking or unchecking the box next to an option. To check or uncheck a sound, press the SPACEBAR. Press TAB to move to the next setting.
3. Program sounds . A sound may be set by checking or unchecking the box next to an option. To checked or uncheck a sound for a program, press the SPACEBAR. If a box is unchecked for a program, the on/off sounds are turned off. Press TAB to move to the next setting.
4. Notifications, alarms, and reminder sounds . A sound may be set by checking or unchecking the box next to an option. To checked or uncheck a sound for a program, press the SPACEBAR. If the box for notifications, alarms, and reminders is set to "off," no alarms will sound. Press TAB to move to the next setting.
5. Screen tap sounds . Again, check or uncheck the box for "screen taps" by pressing the SPACEBAR. If the box for screen taps sounds is checked, you will hear a clicking noise when each key is pressed. (hear example)

Voice Settings

Press V to open the settings for voice. Press ENTER. There are three settings you may change for voice:

1. Adjust global voice:  You have five choices - global voice, message voice, keyboard voice, PC cursor voice, and JAWS cursor voice. If the global voice is chosen, the changes will affect all voices, and there will not be an option to change the type of voice.  If anything else but global is picked, you can change the voice type.
2. Rate: A rate slider will automatically open, allowing you to adjust the rate of speed for the voice. To change the speed, press the UP ARROW for faster, the DOWN ARROW for slower. If you would like the speed to go much faster or slower, you can press DOT 2+UP ARROW for Page Up or DOT 2+DOWN ARROW for Page Down, respectively. Press TAB to move to the next setting.
3. Voices: You have eight choices for voices. To choose a voice, move among the choices by pressing the UP and DOWN ARROWS . When you find the voice you want, press ENTER. Press TAB to move to the next setting.
4. Pitch: You may choose to control the pitch of speech. There are two ways to change pitch:
   • Capital letters: If you select "Upper case pitch increment," this will change the pitch of capital letters when you type them.
   • Punctuation combo box, changes how much punctuation is spoken (all, most, some and none) (hear example)

Press TAB to move to the OK button to close Voice settings.

Verbosity Settings

Press V to move to Verbosity Settings. (After you press S for settings, the first press of V is verbosity, the second press of V goes to voices.) Press ENTER. There are three settings you can change under verbosity:

1. Beginner to intermediate to advanced: You can choose how much JAWS tells you based on how advanced you are as a user. The Advanced option offers the least amount of verbiage from JAWS. Press the DOWN ARROW to change the level. Press TAB to move to the next setting.
2. Tutor messages: You may turn this option on or off by leaving it checked or unchecked, respectively. To check or uncheck it, press the SPACE BAR. Turning on tutor messages on will give you much more information from JAWS. Press TAB to move to the next setting.
3. Access keys: You may also turn on access keys by leaving this option checked or unchecked. To check or uncheck it, press the SPACE BAR. Access keys are the underlined letters on a menu option or dialog box. Press TAB to the OK button when you are finished. (hear example)

Press F1, ESC to exit the settings for sound, voice and verbosity.

The PAC Mate In Use

Use the following practice scenarios to help you Set or Change Sound, Voice, and Verbosity Settings on the PAC Mate.